William Knollys

General Sir William Thomas Knollys (1 August 1797 – 23 June 1883) was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1860s.

Military career Born into the Knollys family, he was the son of General William Woods Knollys and Charlotte Martha Blackwell. He was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was styled Viscount Wallingford until 1813, when his father's claim to the Earldom of Banbury was rejected.

In 1862 he was appointed Treasurer and Comptroller to the Household of Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.

Family In 1830 he married Elizabeth St Aubyn, daughter of Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, and together they went on to have five sons and three daughters. Another son, Sir Henry Knollys (1840–1930), became private secretary to King Edward's daughter Maud, Queen of Norway.